Foot-fender.



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FOOT FENDER. APPLICATION FILED 050.5, 1913.

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Patenfed Apr. 22,1919.

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FOOT-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 5, 1918. Serial No. 265,451.

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Be it known that I, RICHARD Ganvnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Venice. in the county of Los- Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful improvements in Foot-Fenders,of

' which the :t'ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to foot fenders for street ears and the like, andconsists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective showing a foot fender embodyingthe principles of my invention upon the floor of a car in front of thecar seat. and in. position for use.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the footfender and showing the foot fenderout of use in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional detail through. the bottom ofthe foot fender and showing one of the hinged supports, the

View being taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4..

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation looking in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional detail through the bottomof the foot fender and showing one of the rigid supporting legs, theView being taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevation looking in the direction of thO'iXI'OW6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective of the body of the footfender.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the foot fender 1 is mounted uponthe car floor 2 parallel with and in front of the car seat The main bodyof the foot fender 1 consists of a plurality of i i-shaped frames 45connected together by a sheet metal bottom 5 and a sheet metal top 6,the bottom 5 and the top 6 being prefe ably formed of a single sheetbent to fit around the points of the frames 1, and the sheet metal issecured to the frames by rivets 7. The rear side 8 of the fender is openthus providing access to the chamber 9 between the bottom 5 and top 6and between the frames 4. The rear edge 10 of the top 6 is preferablyrolled and wired, and the front edge 11 of the complete fender isrounded to substantially a half circle. The hinged legs 12 are securedto the rear side of the bottom 5. Each leg 12 consists of an attachingplate 13 secured to the floor 2 a post 14 extending upwardly from of theseat 3 which is 8 inches wide.

the plate 13. bearing members and; it? tending upwardly from the posts ii, an caching plate 17 secured against the lower face of the bottom 5. abearing member l8 extending from the attaching plate 1'? be tween thebearing members and 1t), and a bolt or hinge pin ltlinserted through thebearing members ill, 18 and 15. The attaching plate 13 may be secured tothe floor screws :20 and the attaching" plate 1'? may secured to thebottom 5 by rivets 21.

The rigid supporting legs 22 have attaching plates 23 formed integralwith their upper ends and secured to the front part of the bottom 5 byrivets 24.

An ordinary street car is 90 inches wide inside. The side seats 3 are 17inches wide and 20 inches high. The distance between the side seats 3 is56 inches. My foot fender is preferably 10 inches wide from the frontedge '11 to the rolled rear edge 10, and the fender is set to leave aspace 25 between the rear side of the fender and the front face Thiswill leave a space between the front edges 11 of the two fenders 20inches wide. The passengers will stand and wall: upon the floor 2 inthis 20 inch space between the two fenders. The passengers who are to occupy the seats 3 will step over the ienders 1, and when sitting upon theseats 3 their feet will rest with their heels upon the floor 2 and thetoes extending through the opening 8 into the chamber 9. Then thepassengers standing in the center of the car between the fenders cannotwalk upon the feet of the passengers occupying the seats or stumble overthem, and when the passengers are walking up and down the car in the 20inch space they cannot be tripped by the feet of 'the passengersoccupying the seats. The passengers standing upon. the floor or in thecenter of the car may stand with their toes extending under the roundededges 11 of the fenders, and in passing over the fenders to, the seatsthey may step upon the top 6.

lVhen it is desired to sweep the floor 2 of the car, the space 25 mayfirst be cleaned and then the front edge 11 of the fender may be turnedupwardly until the rolled edge 10 under the fender may be cleaned.

When the foot fender is in its normal position for use, as in Figs. 1and 2, the bottom 5 is at a comfortable incline. so that the occupant ofthe side seat 3 will rest his heels upon the floor 2 with his toesextending through the opening 8 on to the bottom 5.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a foot fender, vertical frames, a sheet metal body mounted uponthe frames and forming a ohznnber and an opening to the rear side of thechamber, legs for hingedly connecting the rear side of the body to thefloor of a car, and rigid legs for supporting the front part of thebody.

momee 2. A footfender for street ears or the like comprising A-shapedframes, :1 sheet metal body fitting upon the frames and extending aroundthe points of the frames to form it rounded edge at one side and :inopen (liftinber at the other side, legs for hingedly connecting the rearpart of the sheet metal body to the floor of a street car. and legs forsupporting the front part of the body above the floor of a street our.

name to this specification.

RICHARD GARVEY.

ttotm'en of thin patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

